Steps toward a philosophy of engineering : historico-philosophical and critical essays /

The rise of classic Euro-American philosophy of technology in the 1950s originally emphasized the importance of technologies as material entities and their mediating influence within human experience. Recent decades, however, have witnessed a subtle shift toward reflection on the activity from which...

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Main Author: Mitcham, Carl (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Rowman & Littlefield International, [2020]
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